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No female shul presidents, says Young Israel Page 4 Layoffs and cuts for Met Council Page 7 Never too old to make Aliyah Page 12 Far Rockaway rallies to save Engine 328 Page 10 THE JEWISH STAR VOL 9, NO 25 ■ JUNE 25, 2010 / 13 TAMMUZ, 5770 WWW.THEJEWISHSTAR.COM Exclusive Four years: a conversation with Gilad’s father By Mayer Fertig It was four years ago this week that 19- year-old IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit was kid- napped by Hamas terrorists and spirited away. His parents, Noam and Aviva Shalit, plan to leave their home on the Lebanese border on Sunday morning and walk to Je- rusalem to call attention to their son’s plight. Once there they plan to inhabit a tent set up across from the Prime Minister’s home in Re- chavia until their son is brought home. “We are not going to mark any anniversa- ries. We are not going to mark any rallies,” Noam Shalit said in an exclusive phone in- Saving Sholom Rubashkin terview with The Jewish Star. “Just Sunday morning we are going out of our home and starting a march to Jerusalem. We’ll reach Je- rusalem and stay there in front of the prime By Michael Orbach chairs at the side of the building. sharpest critics largely agree that minister’s residence until we have Gilad back “Once again, a Jew has been the punishment meted out in Iowa with us.” On Tuesday night, hours before scapegoated,” Rabbi Pinchas Lip- is far too harsh. The Shalits last set up camp on Rechov a federal judge formally sentenced shitz, publisher of a Charedi news- Earlier Tuesday, fl iers with Ru- Keren HaYesod, across from the prime min- Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, paper and one of the organizers of bashkin’s picture and a request for ister’s home, about six months ago, and soon former manager of his family’s the event, told the crowd. donations were plastered all over welcomed a virtual who’s who of Israeli soci- Agriprocessors meatpacking plant, The gathering was a prayer rally Borough Park. On Tuesday night ety and visitors from around the world. to 27 years in prison, thousands and a fundraiser for Rubashkin’s images of Rubashkin and his fam- “Politicians, movie stars, actors... there gathered at a high school in Bor- legal team. It seemed to acquire a ily fl ashed on several large video were thousands of people who drove from all parts of Israel to stand with Noam and ough Park. The auditorium quickly terrible urgency after Judge Linda screens accompanied by somber Aviva and tell them that they care,” said Yudi fi lled and loudspeakers and video Reade released her sentencing music. One picture that was re- Zuller, a Shalit family friend who was also on screens pumped a live feed of the memo a day early. Many of Ru- played a number of times was of the phone during the interview. event to crowds standing outside. bashkin’s supporters considered Rubashkin reaching out to high- Gilad’s freedom “doesn’t seem close now,” The event was for men only. Sever- their worst fears about the case to Shalit acknowedged. He sounded exhausted al women sat demurely on plastic have come to pass. And even his as he spoke after returning from a long trip Continued on page 3 to attend a rally for Gilad. The next morning he hopped on a plane to a European capital Photo by Claudio Papapietro where he was to meet with European Union People make their way into Bais Yaakov High School, Monday, June 21, 2010, for an event in support of leaders about his middle child’s plight. Sholom Rubashkin. Continued on page 3 Shabbat Candlelighting: 8:11 p.m. Shabbat ends 9:21 p.m. 72 minute zman 9:42 p.m. Torah Reading Parshat Balak Zman Kriat Shma 8:16 (Magen Avrohom) and 9:11 (GRA & Ba’al Tanya) Shiva Asar B’Tammuz: Tuesday Fast Begins: 4:14 Fast Ends: 9:07 Get Our Email Newsletter - send ‘sign me up’ to [email protected] Almost like having the paper read to you... Tune in online, Thursdays at 2 1 0 933 3 NO PERMIT 0 3 ‘What’s Next – the latest from The Jewish Star’ 115 381933 381 , NY , CITY ARDEN G AID P GE A T S PO US D T S T Hosted by Mayer Fertig & Miriam L. 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Letters and Opinion articles must be in our office by noon Friday to be considered for publication the following week. They are subject to editing for length and clarity. 3 THE JE Saving Sholom Rubashkin WISH S fi ve his autistic son. for perjuring himself under oath and engag- Jewry,” he wrote. “While none of us condones Lipshitz narrated Rubashkin’s story as a ing in what federal guidelines regard as “so- any wrongdoing by Mr. Rubashkin, the ex- T Job-like parable. Satan, he explained, told phisticated bank fraud.” traordinary severity of the sentence imposed AR G-d that the Jews were not united. To test Critics accused the prosecution of be- upon one of our Jewish brothers sends chills his theory, Satan went to “Yehupitz” — No- ing overly zealous. Earlier, prosecutors had of shock and apprehension down our collec- June 2 wheresville — “You couldn’t fi nd it on a map,” sought a life sentence for Rubashkin but tive spine. This is a horrifying development.” he said, referring to Postville, IA, where a backed off after six former attorneys general Ben Brafman was not involved in the Ru- 5 federal raid took place in 2008 and 400 il- sent letters of protest to the judge. bashkin case, but when asked, the prominent , 2 legal employees were arrested in Rubashkin’s Citing the uncommon length of his sen- criminal defense attorney offered his opinion 010 HEBRE meatpacking plant. Rubashkin’s imprison- tence, Rubashkin’s defense plans an appeal.